The “Stop the Trucks” coalition and our legal representatives continue to be deeply troubled over what we suspect are continuing and ongoing violations of the current and “expired” CUP’s regarding trucks traveling through the Ojai restricted zone during restricted times and on Route 33 through the City of Ojai and most especially in front of Nordhoff High School. A number of these potential violations appear to involve Ozena Mine, and/or the Ojai (Mosler) Rock Quarry.
These possible violations may be but not limited to violations of time, weight, record keeping and total number of trucks per day.
Given that the County has a complaint based review and monitoring system, we are once more compelled to call your attention to several ongoing and potentially serious permit violations of the existing EIRs that need to be addressed and reviewed by County staff.
On Saturday July 24, 2010, at 3:10 am a white double hopper was noted heading northbound through the City of Ojai.
Between 4:14 am and 4:30 am five double hopper were noted heading northbound through the City of Ojai on their FIRST run of the day. They include: 1) the Neilsen Double Hopper (Turquoise cab with White box & trailer – Plate # 1XB3361); 2) the Neilsen Double Hopper (White cab with Turquoise box & trailer – Plate # 1XB3361; 3) the Green, Pajaro Double Hopper – Plate # 8H55637; 4) the Grey Swader Double Hopper – Partial Plate #693; and 5) Blue Cab, White Trailer Double Hopper from Swader.
Between 6:55 am and 7:30 am the same five Double Hoppers were noted as being fully loaded and traveling south through the City of Ojai on their FIRST run of the day.
Between 8:30 am and 9:00 am the same five Doubles were noted heading northbound through the City of Ojai on their SECOND run of the day.
Between 11:15 am and 11:45 am the same five Double Hoppers were noted as being fully loaded and traveling south through the City of Ojai on their SECOND run of the day.
Between 12:45 pm and 1:15 pm the same five Doubles were noted heading northbound through the City of Ojai on their THIRD run of the day.
Between 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm the same five Double Hoppers were noted as being fully loaded and traveling south through the City of Ojai on their THIRD run of the day.
It also demonstrates that for the drivers to get in three full runs a day, as they have been doing since Ozena opened in 2001, it takes a minimum of twelve hours a day, not counting time for meals, breaks or refueling.
Given that the drivers are doing this six days a week, that’s a minimum, including break times, of an 84 hour work week – more than twice the normal work week. And they are doing it on a dangerous mountain road in trucks that weigh 80,000 pounds.
Is there anyone that doesn’t believe this is a recipe for disaster sooner or later?
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At least THEY have a job.
Thank you Howard for having the fairness to keep this post up.
So our “law and order” conservative libertarian, the man who loves bees, supports truckers who just might be violating the terms of a Conditional Use Permit just because it’s a job?
Gotta love the hypocracy… Go Right-wingers go, fly into the good night of your own self-centered duplicity…
Wasn’t that the Nurenberg defense? Oh, Brian, now you are really flashing your true colors…
Glad you let all of us know where you really stand.
So the truckers are Nazis ?
No, my dear sweet Brian, truckers are not the Nazi’s you claim them to be…
Sadly your mind displays all the agility of of a Conservative Think Tank reframing issues so as to conjure up ever more slander – which puts you on a par with my son – when he was a four year old.
He’d twist anything to try and get his way. It didn’t work then and it doesn’t work now.
Thank you to everyone at Stop The Trucks for all that you are doing to stop this nonsense. A tragedy is inevitable if this continues – how can it not with young kids at the base of their route, and tunnels that can barely squeeze ONE truck, let alone if a passenger vehicle ever be INSIDE a tunnel at the same time.
Damn Dharma, this thread sure Godwined fast.
Ha, I was thinking the same thing
How about working with our local truckers to get them to convert some of the local trucks to Compressed Natural Gas. It’s 25% cleaner than diesel and does not support foreign governments. It would show the world how “green” Ojai really is.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/04/american_fuel.html